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An unabashed activist, the Rev. Tom Goldsmith battled for the climate, immigrants and LGBTQ individuals and against nukes and the LDS Church’s Main Street Plaza.

The Rev. Tom Goldsmith, longtime pastor at Salt Lake City's First Unitarian Church who became a minister of sorts to Utah's political left, is retiring.

Nelson’s headstone gets assist from temple renovation (Michael Stack | Special to The Tribune) This notation appears on the monument that will mark church President Russell M. Nelsons grave in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. May 10, 2021. It has become a common practice for a husband or wife to erect a headstone for the couple after only one has died — waiting to list the death date for the surviving spouse to be engraved later. Still, mourners strolling through the northwest quadrant of the h...

‘Mormon Land’: Longtime left-leaning Unitarian pastor reflects on his 34-year ministry in a red state LDS Zion The Rev. Tom Goldsmith, who will deliver his farewell sermon Sunday, recalls his fight over the Main Street Plaza, his church providing sanctuary to a Honduran immigrant, and congregant Tim DeChristopher’s monkey-wrenching of a federal auction. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Rev. Tom Goldsmith shares a laugh Tuesday, May 11, 2021, during his final staff meeting outside ...

Tim DeChristopher Tim DeChristopher is a fossil fuel and prison abolition activist whose 2008 act of civil disobedience at a Bureau of Land Management oil and gas auction is chronicled in the film Bidder70. He is the founder of the Climate Disobediene Center. Articles By This Author

SALT LAKE CITY — Unflappable, tough-talking U.S. Attorney John Huber admittedly had a case of the jitters when he had to face the Washington media in the White House briefing room. The Department of Justice summoned him to the nations capital on short notice to hold a news conference on immigration. The DOJ at the time was having trouble getting any of its own messages out because wherever Attorney General Jeff Sessions went, the press just wanted to talk about the Russia investigation. Huber...

Deseret News Share this story Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News Unflappable, tough-talking U.S. Attorney John Huber admittedly had a case of the jitters when he had to face the Washington media in the White House briefing room. The Department of Justice summoned him to the nation’s capital on short notice to hold a news conference on immigration. The DOJ at the time was having trouble getting any of its own messages out because wherever Attorney General Jeff Sessions went, the press just wanted...

New film chronicles environmental ‘outlaw’ Ken Sleight’s fight to restore Glen Canyon Zak Podmore (Courtesy of the Ken Sleight Collection) Ken Sleight and Tim DeChristopher met while DeChristopher was being tried for protesting oil leases near Arches National Park in 2010. © Provided by Salt Lake Tribune San Juan County • When river runner, wilderness guide and legendary environmental provocateur Ken Sleight tells his life story, he likes to start at the beginning. ...

Midway Ice Castles Theres still a long, cold stretch of winter ahead as we blaze into this new year, and its going to be easy to start feeling house-bound. Outdoor, family activities in the Utah winter are few and far between, but if youve never before taken the opportunity to experience the Midway Ice Castles, this tenth anniversary year might be the ideal time to bundle up the whole crew for a magical experience. The concept was born when Utah resident and founder Brent Christensen built an i...

December 30, 2020 If you’ve ever wanted to drill for oil in the Alaskan Arctic, this week could be your last, best chance: Bidding closes on Dec. 31 for a million acres worth of 10-year oil leases in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge. The sale marks the fulfillment of a longstanding dream for the Trump administration and many Republicans in Congress, allowing drilling in the ecologically sensitive region for the first time. There’s just one problem: Oil companies aren’t interested. The ...